Reading Comprehension Quiz 2 for Banking & Insurance Exams

If you are preparing for Banking, Insurance and other Competitive Recruitment or Entrance exams, you will likely come across a section on English. Reading Comprehension Quiz 2 for Banking & Insurance Exams will help you learn concepts on important topics in English – Reading Comprehension. This Reading Comprehension Quiz 2 is important for exams such as IBPS PO, IBPS Clerk, IBPS RRB Officer, IBPS RRB Office Assistant, IBPS SO, SBI PO, SBI Clerk, SBI SO, Indian Post Payment Bank (IPPB) Scale I Officer, LIC AAO, GIC AO, UIIC AO, NICL AO.

Reading Comprehension Quiz 2 for Banking & Insurance Exams –

Que. 1

Directions: Read the passage given below and then answer the questions given below the passage. Some words may be highlighted for your attention. Pay careful attention.

One young academically peerlessperson went to apply for a managerial position in a big company. He passed the first interview, the director did the last interview and made the last decision. The director discovered from the CV that the youth’s academic achievements were excellent all the way, from the secondary school until the postgraduate research, never had a year when he did not score. The director asked, “Did you obtain any scholarships in school?” The youth answered “none”. The director asked, “Was it your father who paid for your school fees?” The youth answered, “My father passed away when I was one year old, it was my mother who paid for my school fees”. The director asked, “Where did your mother work?” The youth answered, “My mother worked as a clothes cleaner.” The director requested the youth to show his hands. The youth showed a his hands that were smooth and perfect. The director asked, “Have you ever helped your mother wash the clothes before?” The youth answered, “Never, my mother always wanted me to study and read more books and come off with flying colors. Furthermore, my mother can wash clothes faster than me”. The director said, “I have a request. When you go back today, go and clean your mother’s hands, and then see me tomorrow morning”. The youth felt that his chance of landing the job was high. When he went back, he happily requested his mother to let him clean her hands. His mother felt strange, happy but with mixed feelings, she showed her hands to the kid. The youth cleaned his mother’s hands slowly. His tear fell as he did that. It was the first time he noticed that his mother’s hands were so wrinkled, and there were so many bruises in her hands. Some lesions were so painful that his mother shivered when they were cleaned with water. This was the first time the youth realized that it was this pair of hands that washed the clothes everyday to enable him to pay the school fee. The bruises in the mother’s hands were the price that the mother had to pay for his graduation, academic excellence and his future. After finishingthe cleaning of his mother’s hands, the youth quietly washed all the remaining clothes for his mother. That night, mother and son talked for a very long time. Next morning, the youth went to the director’s office. The Director noticed the tears in the youth’s eyes, asked: “Can you tell me what have you done and learned yesterday in your house?” The youth answered, “I cleaned my mother’s hand, and also finished cleaning all the remaining clothes”. The Director asked, “Please tell me your feelings”. The youth said, “Number 1, I know now what is appreciation. Without my mother, there would not the successful me today. Number 2, by working together and helping my mother, only I now realize how arduous and tough it is to get something done. Number 3, I have come to appreciate the importance and value of family relationship”. The director said, “This is what I am looking for to be my manager. I want to recruit a person who can appreciate the help of others, a person who knows the sufferings of others to get things done, and a person who would not put money as his only goal in life. You are hired”. Later on, this young person worked very hard, and received the respect of his subordinates. Every employee worked diligently and as a team. The company’s performance amelioratedtremendously.

What did the director discover about the marks of the youth looking at his CV?

1.

He saw that the marks were always average and there was not a single year where he had achieved anything great.

2.

He saw that the marks were good but there was nothing special achieved that would mark him as someone out of the crowd.

3.

He saw that he had excellent marks till the last degree he attended without missing a score any year.

4.

He saw that he had excellent marks till the last degree he attended except missing a score in one year.

5.

He saw that he had excellent marks except in his graduation degree where he had failed to do something great.

Solution

Answer: It has been clearly mentioned in the paragraph that the person who had gone for the interview was an excellent student and he had scored well all his years without missing even a single year. “The director discovered from the CV that the youth’s academic achievements were excellent all the way, from the secondary school until the postgraduate research, never had a year when he did not score.”

What question did the director ask the youth after seeing his marks in the CV?

1.

He asked him how he had achieved such wonderful marks throughout his life without missing even a single year.

2.

He asked him who had helped him financially to complete his course.

3.

He asked him about his mother that how she has been able to pay for him despite earning so less.

4.

He asked him to go back and look at his mother’s hands.

5.

He asked him to go and ask his mother to clean his hands.

Solution

Answer: The first questions that the director asked was whether his father paid his fees or he had obtained any scholarship himself. Thus the answer is option 2 i.e, ‘who had helped him with the money to complete his education’. The rest are incorrect in the context of the passage.

What did the director tell the man to do after he heard about his mother’s occupation?

1.

The director told the man to go back home and help his mother clean her hands.

2.

The director told him to go back home and wash the clothes that day himself.

3.

The director told the man to show him his hands.

4.

The director told the man to go home and learn something about his mother.

5.

The director told the man to go home, clean his mother’s hands and come to him the next day.

Solution

Answer: The immediate thing which the director told him to do was to show him his hands: “The director requested the youth to show his hands. The youth showed a pair of hands that were smooth and perfect.” Thus option 3 is the correct answer.

Why did the director ask the man to go back home and clean his mother’s hands that day?

1.

He understood that the youth had not realized how hard his mother had worked for him and he lacked enough appreciation for her sacrifice and hard work.

2.

He wanted the youth to feel ashamed of himself as he had made his mother work so hard throughout her life

3.

He wanted the arrogant youth to acknowledge his mother’s deeds and feel sorry for how he had behaved with her.

4.

He wanted the youth to be sympathetic towards his mother and understand her pain.

5.

He wanted the youth to make his mother stop the work and wanted him to feel sorry.

Solution

Answer: The director was surprised to hear that his mother, being a washerwoman, had paid so much for his education but he was too casual about it and had failed to realize that she had worked a lot for him. He lacked the appreciation for her mother’s sacrifice. Thus the answer is option 1. The rest options are incorrect.

He saw that she had wrinkled and bruised hands which were in a pathetic state.

5.

He saw that she was not in a state to wash clothes any more.

Solution

Answer: The youth saw that his mother’s hands were bruised and wrinkled as a result of washing clothes for such a long time. He also realized how hard she had worked, overlooking her pain and own concern. Thus option 4 is the correct answer. The rest are incorrect.

The youth’s focus and concentration on his career throughout without even missing out on a single year.

2.

The youth’s mother’s intelligence and desire to make her son study well.

3.

The mother’s hands were the cost which she had to pay for his education.

4.

The mother’s sufferings and the pain which was reflected through the bruises on her hands signified the cost that was paid for his education.

5.

The distance that had grown between the mother and the son because of his constant focus on studies and her continuous rigorous work to earn money for her son’s education.

Solution

Answer: The day the son saw his mother’s terribly bruised hands made him realize that it was his mother’s bruises i.e her pain and hard work that was the price that she had to pay for his education. Thus option 4 is the correct answer.

He was uncaring for his mother’s state and just wanted to focus on his career.

2.

He was self-centered and selfish and never cared about his mother.

3.

He was selfish in the beginning but changed later.

4.

He was not selfish, but was just not aware of his mother’s state.

5.

He was aware of his mother’s suffering and cared for her.

Solution

Answer: We cannot say that the son was selfish. It can be inferred that he was more into his studies and never bothered about his mother. Thus, he failed to realize her sufferings. Thus option 4 is the correct answer.

Solution

What do you mean by the phrase ‘come off with flying colors’ as used in the passage?

1.

Be a knowledgeable person.

2.

Be multi talented and not lack knowledge in any field.

3.

Do extremely well and be successful

4.

Be ahead of everyone else.

5.

Get much more than pass marks.

Solution

Answer: The phrase ‘to come off with flying colors’ means “to be triumphant or victorious”. Here, the phrase has been used in reference to the academic excellence of the young man. Thus, option 3 is the correct answer.